Le Mans Connection:
1978 Holden Torana A9X
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Holden fans check out this superb article on what I’d reckon to be among the top-three Torana race cars ever, and certainly the most original.
This is the only surviving, authentic factory-created and now unique ‘Le Mans Special’
With its unique original specific build and intention, plus great Bathurst history, is this genuine GMP&A - and then some!
So unique it’s not technically one of the rare Holden Torana SS A9X road cars (100 built) or one of those super rare (33 built) GMP&A A9X racing Hatchbacks, or indeed even a Torana - so rare that, although a factory build by GM-H, it’s not actually a Holden..
Presenting what was one of *originally 3 constructed, but now the one-and-only GMP&A “B Forbes”
(details at link)
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*one of iirc three factory-lightweight Le Mans-spec GMP&A ‘rolling shells’ constructed by Holden - one destroyed at Amaroo Raceway (owner Bob Jane, driver Bob Morris) and afaik an uncompleted spare - fate unknown?
1978 Holden Torana A9X
Holden fans check out this superb article on what I’d reckon to be among the top-three Torana race cars ever, and certainly the most original.
This is the only surviving, authentic factory-created and now unique ‘Le Mans Special’
With its unique original specific build and intention, plus great Bathurst history, is this genuine GMP&A - and then some!
So unique it’s not technically one of the rare Holden Torana SS A9X road cars (100 built) or one of those super rare (33 built) GMP&A A9X racing Hatchbacks, or indeed even a Torana - so rare that, although a factory build by GM-H, it’s not actually a Holden..
Presenting what was one of *originally 3 constructed, but now the one-and-only GMP&A “B Forbes”
(details at link)
Le Mans Connection: 1978 Holden Torana A9X
I've had the privilege to write about several examples of the Holden Torana A9X here at Barn Finds, but this car is something very different. It was a car that was born out of a desire for international racing success. When this failed to eventuate, it cemented its place in Australian folklore...
barnfinds.com
*one of iirc three factory-lightweight Le Mans-spec GMP&A ‘rolling shells’ constructed by Holden - one destroyed at Amaroo Raceway (owner Bob Jane, driver Bob Morris) and afaik an uncompleted spare - fate unknown?
